MUSIC NOTES : Opera Pacific Names Patrick J. Flynn to Take Over as New Managing Director

Patrick J. Flynn has been appointed managing director of Opera Pacific, effective Oct. 1.

Flynn, former general manager of the Opera Guild Inc. of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., will oversee Opera Pacific’s day-to-day operations, including marketing, development, financial planning and ticket services. He succeeds Martin Weil, who resigned at the end of May, saying he wanted to spend time with his family.

Opera Pacific, a Costa Mesa-based company with a $4.8-million operating budget this year, will open its 1990 season at the Orange County Performing Arts Center on Jan. 13 with Verdi’s “La Traviata” (through Jan. 20). The season will continue at the Center with Puccini’s “Turandot” (Feb. 16 to March 4), Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” (Feb. 21 to March 3) and Jerome Kern’s “Show Boat” (July 6 to 15).

Glenda Van der Zaag of Laguna Niguel has been appointed executive director of the Laguna Beach Chamber Music Society, officials announced.

Van der Zaag was coordinator of public programs and special events at the Huntington Library, Art Collection and Botanical Gardens in San Marino for five years before moving to Orange County in May.

She succeeds Bobbie Minkin, the first executive director of the 30-year-old society, who resigned to pursue family projects, according to a spokeswoman for the organization. Minkin will remain an active member of the society.